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W. B. PARSONS.

Car Coupling.

Patented May 25, 1869.

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Letters Patent No. 90,573, dated May 25, 1869. d

IMPROVED CAR-COUPLING.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent: and making part of thesame.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM B. PARSONS, of Short Tract, in the county ofAllegany, and State of New York, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Gar-Coupling; and I do hereby declare that the followingis a full, clear, and exact descliption thereof, reference being had tothe accolnpaii'yin g drawings, making part of this specification, and tothe letters of reference marked thereon, like letters indicating likeparts, wherever they occur.

To enable others skilled in the art to construct and use my invention, Iwill proceed to describe it.

' My invention relates to car-couplings; and consists in a novelconstruction of the parts, so arranged that the cars will coupleautomatically.

Figure 1 is a top plan view of my coupling.

Figure 2, a longitudinal vertical section, on the line at x of fig. 1.

Figures 3 and 4, end views of the two couplingheads.

I construct two boxes, or heads, A and B, and secure them to the underside of the cars.

The head, A, I attach to one car, and the head, B, to the adjacent endof the next car, as usual.

In the head, A, I mount the rotating coupling-rod O, which extends outthrough the front end of the head a considerable distance, and isformed, on its outer end, with the fiat, pointed head, I), as shown infigs. 1, 2, and 4.

To the rod 0 within the head, A, I attach a weight, h, which, whenallowed to hang free, will. retain the rod 0 in such position that thehead, D, lies horizontal, as shown in figs. 1, 2, and 3.

To one side of the head, A, I pivot a hand-lever, G,

:which extends upthrough the platform of the car, and

on thennder side of the platform connect it by a link, H, with the shortarms a on the upper side of the rod 0, all as shown in figs. l, 2, and4, so that, by moving the lever over in the position shown by the redlinesin fig. 4, the head, I), will be turned so as to stand ver tical.

To hold the lever G up, as indicated by the red lines, I provide aspring-catch, I, with an inclined face,

and which, when the lever is thrown over, engages with it, and preventsit from falling back.

I also provide a horizontal sliding bolt, L, the rear end of which abutsagainst the catch I, and the front End extending out past the end of thecar, as shown in The coupling-head B consists simply of the body, havingpivoted, in the outer end, the plate E, as shown in figs. 1, 2, and 3.

Through the plate E, is a vertical slot, or opening, of such size andshape, that the head, I), may enter readily, when it is turned upvertically, but cannot be withdrawn, if then turned horizontally,because of its engaging behind the shoulders formed by the sides of theopening.

When the two cars areto be coupled, the lever G is thrown up, as by thered lines, and the cars then brought together, whenthe head, D, willenter through the opening in the plate E, and the car will immediatelyafter strike rod L, and, forcing it back, operate the catch I, andrelease the lever G, when the weight F will turn the rod G, and lock thehead, D, inside of the head, B, as shown in figs. 1 and 2.

The object of pivoting the plate E, is to .allow both shoulders of thehead, I), to hear, when turning curves.

The cars may be uncoupled bysilnply operating the lever G, whilestanding upon the platform ,ofthe car.

WVith this apparatus, the cars may be securely coupled, by simplybringing them together, and un-, coupled instantly, without thenecessity of removing any of the parts, or of any person getting betweenthem, which is so frequently the cause of serious accidents.

,Having thus described my invention- What I claim, is-

The car-coupling, consisting of the rotating spearheaded bolt O, withthe weight F attached, in connection with the lever.-G, link H,spring-catch I, and pin L, all substantially as described.

WM. B. PARSONS.

Witnesses:

J-. A. WHEELER, GEORGE AYRAULT.

